Former Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik marries actress Sana Javed
Malik had married star Indian tennis player Sania Mirza in 2010 and have a son, born in 2018. There have been rumours of their separation.
Former Pakistan men’s team cricket captain Shoaib Malik has remarried, amid speculation of his separation from former world No 1 and Indian tennis star Sania Mirza.
Malik posted picture of his wedding to Pakistani actress Sana Javed on X, formerly twitter, on Saturday.
Mirza and Malik were married in 2010 and have a son together, born in 2018.
- Alhamdullilah ♥️
"And We created you in pairs" وَخَلَقْنَاكُمْ أَزْوَاجًا pic.twitter.com/nPzKYYvTcV — Shoaib Malik ???????? (@realshoaibmalik) January 20, 2024
On Wednesday, Mirza had posted a message on her social media handle, stating: “Marriage is hard. Divorce is hard. Choose your hard… Life will never be easy. It will always be hard. But we can choose our hard. Pick wisely.”
Mirza’s father Imran later told PTI that the tennis star had taken a “khula” – which is a muslim woman’s right to unilaterally divorce her husband.
Imran Mirza, on Sunday, posted on Instagram that the Sania Mirza and Malik had been “divorced for a few months now.”
The tennis star had faced considerable flak for her marriage to the Pakistani cricket amid political tensions between the two countries.
Bharatiya Janta Party MP K Laxman had challenged the Telangana government for appointing Mirza as a brand ambassador of the state, terming her the “daughter-in-law” of Pakistan.
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